SPEKE, John Hanning. Autograph letter signed ("J.H. Speke") to Lieutenant Robert Lambert Playfair in Aden, Berbera, 3 April [1855]. 2¼ pages, folio, some minor staining, small tears along center fold affecting a few letters . ON THE PUNISHMENT OF ARAB THIEVES. Following the incident described in his earlier letter to Playfair (see previous lot), Speke urges that the Arabs who stole his animals be punished. "Would it not be better for the furtherance of trade to make the people of that place stump up ten times the amount stolen so that they will never attempt to play tricks with British subjects again by adopting such measures you would at once have the whole mass of people crying to you and the traffic would go on more Quickly than ever." Speke mentions Richard F. Burton in passing, and forwards a request of another member of the expedition, Lieut. Herne.
SPEKE, John Hanning. Autograph letter signed ("J.H. Speke") to Lieutenant Robert Lambert Playfair in Aden, Berbera, 3 April [1855]. 2¼ pages, folio, some minor staining, small tears along center fold affecting a few letters . ON THE PUNISHMENT OF ARAB THIEVES. Following the incident described in his earlier letter to Playfair (see previous lot), Speke urges that the Arabs who stole his animals be punished. "Would it not be better for the furtherance of trade to make the people of that place stump up ten times the amount stolen so that they will never attempt to play tricks with British subjects again by adopting such measures you would at once have the whole mass of people crying to you and the traffic would go on more Quickly than ever." Speke mentions Richard F. Burton in passing, and forwards a request of another member of the expedition, Lieut. Herne.
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